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Old 02-09-2008, 05:51 PM
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Re: Completely new to cats, and feeling a bit lost
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Originally Posted by Janee View Post
Yes but........

You forget the average ped buyer really does not have much to go on about choosing a 'good' breeder.

Where is the advice on cat breed club websites? Loads of advice on buying a kitten and what to do and how to look after it.

However the advice about seeing the parents is impractical as a lot of breeders send their queen away to stud.

You can read between the lines - sure. You can look at breeders' websites. And what is there to go on?

All will say they bring up kittens to be sociable/healthy. Most will give parents names (I mean ped names) and maybe some will give a 3 generation pedigree.

So punter looks at:

1. If the type of cat is what they want (body shots are helpful here)

2. Cat show success - don't care if there are breeders out there that concentrate on improving the breed or an unfashionable look - I am talking about how a punter may decide.

3. How successful that breeder is at selling kittens.

This forum has educated me but not all punters will look or know about a forum.

If the breeder is not into showing you need to persuade the punter to consider you by for instance explaining why or telling on the website what look you like and why.

I would love to find a Maine Coon kitten who was more like my original Maine Coon (old American lines I think). How am I to find a breeder who would suit if I was just searching websites?
I did say Janee, IF they have the sire and dam.............they will obviously have at least one of the parents that the prospective new owner can look at and 99% of breeders would have other cats as well to show them. Also with regard to 'punters' wanting full body photos, if I was buying a cat in from another breeder because of the nature of my particular breed, I would be more interested in a full facial shot rather than a photo of the cat's body, because I would want to look at the nose level, eye size, eye colour and ear shape cool:
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